[nagdu] Dog Breeds

Fri Feb 6 20:14:40 UTC 2009

You're right about people not knowing about breeds.  People think Landon is 
a Rhodesian Ridgeback.  He is similar in color.  He also has a ridge of hair 
on his snout that grows backwards - I call him my "Rhodesian RidgeNOSE" 
(grin!)!  He really is a Golden/Lab mix. He also matches my hair (grin!).

I've heard that Golden Retrievers were on a "banned breeds" list in the 
Midwest.  I think people like to do with dogs what they do with people - you 
know, racial profiling!  It goes to show that you can't lump all of a group 
together and judge all on the actions of an individual be they humans or 
animals.

Take care,

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog Breeds

> Well, for almost every subject, you usually don't know unless you're
> involved. Sometimes I forget that people don't know that much about
> blindness (dogs, technology, accessibility issues, etc).
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Toni Whaley" <blind_treasurer at verizon.net>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog Breeds
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>
> Hello!
>
> I was once asked if my golden was a pit bull. It's amazing how little most
> people know about dogs but think they know a lot.
>
> Toni
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Julie J.
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 7:34 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog Breeds
>
> Yes, Monty is a Boxer/Lab mix.  He looks identical to a Boxer except for 
> the
>
> web feet and color.  Also his ears weren't cropped.  He has been mistaken
> for a pit, a great Dane, and a Bulldog.
>
> But then again...who knows?  I once had someone ask me if my Beagle was a
> pit bull.
>
> Julie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jenine Stanley" <jeninems at wowway.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 7:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog Breeds
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>
>> In our old neighborhood there was a family who had a very well trained,
>> well
>> behaved Pit. He looked very much like Spuds McKenzie from the old beer
>> commercials.
>>
>> One day I was walking past their house and noticed this dog walking 
>> beside
>> us. The man came out and introduced himself and the dog, not telling me
>> his
>> breed. I patted him and he was very sweet. Then the man told me about the
>> dog, how they really tried not to tell people his breed because they
>> freaked
>> out, but how well trained he was. I could see this. He and my big Golden
>> licked each other and were quite happy to sit there while we talked.
>>
>> The dog's name was Rocky. Every time we came by and Rocky was out, he'd
>> come
>> and walk with us, at perfect guiding position on my right side, from one
>> end
>> of his property to the other along the side walk. Once there was a toy in
>> the middle and as my dog moved me to the left around it, Rocky stepped 
>> out
>> in front as if to lead us around. His owner found this not unusual for
>> him.
>> Rocky liked to do jobs. The man had taught him to fetch tools, climb a
>> ladder and bring them to him, then climb back down. We joked that Rocky
>> was
>> about the size of my little Labs and he'd probably make a fine guide dog.
>> I'd seen him around rowdy neighborhood dogs and he just stood there. He
>> had
>> his friends he liked to play with but he didn't go in with the rowdy 
>> ones.
>> The man said Rocky also would stand and block their baby who was just
>> learning to crawl, from going onto the sidewalk.
>>
>> I think I worry more about the neglected pet spaniel or Golden than a Pit
>> necessarily, depending on the area of town.
>>
>> I've also heard people who work boxers as guides say that their dogs are
>> often mistaken for Pits. My first dog was a very odd Lab mix of some 
>> sort.
>> She certainly wasn't a pure bred Lab. She had a large head with small 
>> ears
>> set further back than most Labs and small eyes with a shorter muzzle. She
>> was also very muscular, and pure black. She was mistaken for a Pit many
>> times in one particular area I went in to work. This was fine given the
>> area. If they only knew how unstable her temperament was. <grin> She 
>> would
>> have embarrassed the Pit breed. Not the ideal first dog unfortunately.
>>
>>
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